Nate Fick was one of the early speakers in the line up for the Democratic National Convention’s final night at Invesco Stadium. He was one of the “American Voices,” a group of Americans selected to tell their stories during last night’s historic event.
Below, the text of Fick’s remarks.
Good afternoon. I’m Nathaniel Fick. My Marine platoon [...]
August 29, 2008
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Sorry so late. Satellite went out this week, I had to scramble.
Patrolling with NVGs on, Kocher and his team snatch up a lone armed Iraqi. Aside from interrupting the guy taking a dump, which I don’t think the Geneva Conventions covers anyway, it’s by the book. Then Captain America comes flying over the the side [...]
August 24, 2008
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First thoughts on A Burning Dog.
Well, first off, it’s safe to say we’ve moved into politics. Encino Man (“Whoo! Whoo!”) doesn’t quite get it but everyone else does. Fick:
“It’s all on that guy’s passport. Two weeks ago he was still a student in Syria. He wasn’t a jihadi until we came to Iraq.”
Last week’s metaphor, [...]
August 11, 2008
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Alpha and Bravo go their separate ways and the awesome gets spread around a bit wider this week. Even Trombley does something right.
Discuss.
(UPDATED: Corrected the misspelling of Trombley’s name. Regret the error)
August 4, 2008
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I stumbled across a link to this recent Slate piece on GK by Peter Maass. I’m posting about it here not just because it’s so favorable, but because part of it speaks exactly to a chain of thought I’ve been wrestling with as I’ve watched (and read) GK, which is the connection between these characters [...]
July 30, 2008
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I’ll put up a longer post later, but instead of waiting so long this week, I thought I’d just do some thinking aloud about Episode Three, hoping others will jump in with their own thoughts. Lurkers, don’t be quiet.
This was episode was tough going. That feeling after the RCT troops, aided and abetted by Encino [...]
July 30, 2008
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The entire battalion, along with hundreds of other troops, is rolling through the wide open desert under a clear sky as Episode Two opens. It’s an impressive display of organized power on the move, a six-lane convoy of all manner of military vehicles moving purposefully onward. The scene recalls a passage from the book:
If you [...]
July 27, 2008
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More thoughts on Episode 1, and the story as a whole, to span the distance between what we’ve seen already and Episode 2, The Cradle of Civilization, airing tonight.
Lynette mentions upstairs that GK “is no Wire,” and true that. And on the whole, I think that’s good. Things end, things change. There are lots of [...]
July 20, 2008
Categories: GKillBook, GKillHBO, Virgotex . . Author: virgotex . Comments: 5 Comments
This is not the most elegant of first posts, because I still have this big long thing I keep shuffling around and it will likely not get finished, much less posted, until late tonight.
This is the drive-by placeholder, also an invitation for everyone else to jump in at their own level of confusion or clarity. [...]
July 14, 2008
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TWOP is going to be recapping Generation Kill, which I find surprising — given the mini-series-ness of the production.
Athenae hooked me up with this news a week or so ago. So why has it taken me so long to post it? Is it because some folks have grown kind of “meh, TWOP sux” lately, especially [...]
July 10, 2008
Categories: America, Athenae, Blogs, David Simon, GKillHBO, HLOTS, Virgotex . . Author: virgotex . Comments: 8 Comments